Betekenis (Engels)
- A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
- (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience.
- (figuratively) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
- A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
Concepten
Synoniemen
psychopathic personality
Vertalingen
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/
Etymologie (Engels)
From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
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